Display-rack.



L. W. WELOH. DISPLAY RACK. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1910.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

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L YMAN W.-WELGH; OF GBA ND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

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Be it known-that I, LYMANVV: WELC H,

citizen. of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, Michigan, have invented v certain new and useful Improvements 2 in l Display-Racks, of" which the following is a specification,-

It is the object of my invention to provide a fixture or display rack for use in connecor support,'and a; front rod or support are employed to holdthe lines of garments, .the

I fixture being rotatable in respect-to the cabfixture drawn to the front inposition to beinet so that either :lineof garments may be exposed for examination at the front of the.

cabinet or for removal or replacing. The invention conslsts 1n the features an comblnation and arrangement of parts hereinafte r described and particularlypointed out in the claims.

is a 'front view of the fixture with the cabinet shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fixture in place within the cabinet, which is shown here also in dotted'lines;

Fig. 3 is a View similar-to Fig. 2.but with the rotated in order to bring to view and acces sibility the rear supportan'd what garments may be suspended therefrom. Fig, 4c is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the fix-- port. Fig.5 'is a detail view: .iFig G: is a detail view ofthe cross bar connecting the 1 parallel bars of the rack.

In these drawings, 1 indicates a casing or cabinet of any suitable form well known in the art, such forinstance as that now generally employed, having doors which maybe opened and closed bygiving them a swing 1ng movement, and also a sliding movement into and out of the cabinet. The fixture or rack comprisestwo parallel bars 2, 3, which are connected pivotally at the-points t, with arms 5, which extend in a general direction transversely of thespace between the parallel supporting bars to about midway of-said space where they are pivot-ally connected to a post 6 extending vertically and supported upon a main supporting arm 7 There are a pair of the arms 5 near each end of the bars 2 and 3 andeach pair .has a posterstandard 6, as above described, to which they are 'pivotally connected, and there are-a pair vplate l4 fixed'in the base, rollers 15 bein I p U movement of these parts. In the accompanying drawings, Flgure 1-.-

Specification of Letters Patent. t t APR 3, 1 v Application filed November 3,1910, Serial 'No. 590,595.,

supporting arms are pivota'lly-mounted at I their meeting ends upon the baseof the cabinets This pivotal mounting may '-be constructed in various ways and I have shown as one way of carrying out this part of my invention to have the meeting ends of the arms 7 provided with lapping portions .8,

having stop shoulders 9, one of the arms havinga pin 10 arranged in'asocket portion .11' ofthe other arm, with antifriction rollers 12 between them. The socket portion 11 of the other "arm 'fits within a socket 13 of a interposed for antifrictio'n purposes, an

rollers 16 beingarranged between the bot: tom of the socket pintle 11 and a ear plate l7 in the bottom of the frame socket 13. The transverse links or arms 5 are also provided With stop shoulders as at 1 8- to limit the -porting arms 7 extend from their pivotal v mountings inwardly and at an inclination d verging from each other. The pairs of links 5- also lie in inclinedposition toward the center poihtofthefraine. With the.

display rack in this'posit-ion therack is'comture partly turned to expose the rearss lp-u l;

letely within the cabinet and the door may e closed, In order'to'get access to the goods it is necessary to first swingv the arms 7 toward the; front of the cabinet from the a position shown in Fig. 2 'to that shown in Fig. 3, in which the said arms 7 lie in the same vertical plane midway of the vertical planes in which the front and rear bars 2 and if it is desired to reach any of the gar ments on the rearybar the display rack can now be rotated as indicated in'Fig. 4, without danger-of any part of the display rack 105 striking any portion of the cabinet during the sai '.lrevolution. The stop shoulders on the arms -7 at their meeting ends may as indicated in Fig. 2, be employed to limit the inward swinging movement of these arms to locate the display rack at the desired point within the cabinet, and this limiting effect may also be aided by the stop shoulders on the transverse link 5. Y

The ends of the supporting bars 2 and 3- are connected b cross bars 19 of general U shape, as indicated in Fig. 6, these bars havingtheir sides extending down from the bars 2 and 3 and curving outwardly in respect thereto, the sides being connected by a curved cross portion 20. These bars serve to confine the clothingand as shown inFigs. 2 and 3 they are curved from side to side of the rack. They are slightly resilient and allow the necessary movement of the bars 2 and 3 toward and from each other, While holding them'against undue displacement loiigitudinally in respect to each other. claim j 1. A display rackcomprising afront and rear'support-for the goods, a pair of supporting arms pivotally mounted at their adjacent ends, and extending thence rearwardly and divergent in 1 respect to each other and connected at their ends with the front and rear supports, Said-supporting arms ha vmg plvotal movement 1n respect to each other and, with the supports, having substantially as described.

each other and extending rearward 4. In combination with a display cabinet, supporting means for the garments comprising front and rear bars, a pair of main supporting arms connected with said frame and converging at a point toward the front of the cabinet, and a pivotal mounting for the adjacent ends of said arms, said arms being tu-rnable in respect to each other for;

drawing the frame forward and also rotatable as one body to rotate the frame, substantially as described. r

5. In combination a display cabinet, a rack therein comprising front and rear frame bars, a pair of supporting arms rotatably mounted at their adjacent ends at the front of the cabinet and divergin from l to a plane intermediate the front and rear bars and links pivotally connected to the said frame bars and to the rear parts of said arms, substantially as described.

6. In combination parallel supporting rods, a pair of supporting arms pivotally mounted at their adjacent ends, links connected with the arms and with the rods, and

connectionsbetween the rods, to allow them movement toward and from each other while holding them against displacementlongitndil'ially.

7. In combination, parallel supporting rods, a pair of supporting arms pivotally mounted at their adjacent ends, links connected with the arms and with the rods and resilient cross bars connecting the parallel supporting rods, substantially as described;-

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